MY FAVOURITE SPORT – READING COMPREHENSION

A. Read the three texts about three favourite sports and complete the chart. Don’t
forget to save this document in your “English” folder on your computer.

AMERICAN BASEBALL FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL
Features of the game -slow Fast, hard and
-exciting exciting
Main objective To send the ball to To score goals
the other side of the
field for a
touchdown
Equipment Round ball
Number of players 25/9 11/25
Physical features of -strong
the players -fast runners

B. Now say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE according to the
texts:

1. American football and soccer are the same game. …..…..

2. Both in American football and soccer there are 11 players on the field. …….

3. American footballers’ equipment is very light. …………..

4. Baseball and football teams have around 25 players. ……….

5. A home run is the worst that can happen to a team. ………..

6. Football rules are very difficult to understand. ………….

7. They play football with an oval ball. …………

8. When a player leaves the pitch, another one takes his place. ……………

A. Go to the texts and find opposites for these words:

1. Slow- ………
2. Rarely- ………
3. Thin- …………..
4. Up- …………
5. Taken away- ………..
6. Worst- …………
7. Weak- ………….
8. Short- ………..
A. Go to the text about baseball and find equivalents for these words/ expressions:

1. Often- ……
2. Substituted- ……..
3. Have to- ……..
4. Aim- ……….
5. A lot of- …………
6. Not fast enough- ………